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The April 18, 1983, United States Embassy bombing was a suicide bombing on the Embassy of the United States in Beirut, Lebanon, that killed 32 Lebanese, 17 Americans, and 14 visitors and passers-by. The victims were mostly embassy and CIA staff members, but also included several US soldiers and one U.S. Marine Security Guard .
6 June 1982 – Israel undertakes military action in Southern Lebanon: Operation "Peace for Galilee." 23 August 1982 – Bachir Gemayel is elected to be Lebanon's president. 25 August 1982 – A MNF of approximately 400 French, 800 Italian soldiers and 800 marines of the 32nd Marine Amphibious Unit (MAU) are deployed in Beirut as part of a peacekeeping force to oversee the evacuation of ...
In July 1984, the United States had relocated its embassy operations from West Beirut to the relative security of Aukar, a Christian suburb of East Beirut. [1] When on September 20, 1984, the attacker sped his van laden with 3,000 pounds (1360 kg) of explosives toward the six-story embassy, crucial security measures had not yet been completed at the complex, including a massive steel gate.
Forty years after one of the deadliest attacks against U.S. troops in the Middle East, some warn that Washington could be sliding toward a new conflict in the region. On Oct. 23, 1983, a suicide ...
On social media people shared photos of the red mushroom cloud hanging over the city following Tuesday's blast, alongside eerily similar images from the country's civil war 1975-1990 and the 2006 ...
Lebanon's capital city — less than 24 hours prior. Aerial footage showed the city ravaged — large buildings flattened and debris-covered streets lined with crushed cars. At least 100 people ...
1983 Beirut barracks bombings; 1983 United States embassy bombing in Beirut; 1984 United States embassy annex bombing in Beirut; 1985 Beirut car bombings; War of Camps (19 May 1985 – July 1988) War of Liberation (1989–1990) including War in East Beirut; 2005 Assassination of Rafic Hariri; 2006 Chyah airstrike; 2007 Beirut Arab University ...
A massive explosion rocked Beirut, leaving the city's port in ruins and thousands injured with a climbing death toll. The Lebanese Red Cross is accepting donations as it works to save those who ...